also remove link from the contrib guide

docs/make.jl

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ index_md = replace(index_md, "<!--insert_ack_logos-->\n" => ack_logos)
 open(f -> write(f, index_md), joinpath(@__DIR__, "src", "index.md"), "w")
 
 # copy the contribution guide
-cp(joinpath("..", ".github", "CONTRIBUTING.md"), joinpath("src", "howToContribute.md"))
+cp(joinpath("..", ".github", "CONTRIBUTING.md"), joinpath("src", "howToContribute.md"), force=true)
 
 # build the docs
 makedocs(
@@ -74,10 +74,18 @@ makedocs(
     ],
 )
 
-# replace the link for index.md
-index_html = open(f -> read(f, String), joinpath(@__DIR__, "build", "index.html"))
-index_html = replace(index_html, "/docs/src/index.md" => "")
-open(f -> write(f, index_html), joinpath(@__DIR__, "build", "index.html"), "w")
+# replace the "edit this" links for the generated documentation
+function replace_in_doc(filename, replacement)
+    contents = open(f -> read(f, String), joinpath(@__DIR__, "build", filename))
+    contents = replace(contents, replacement)
+    open(f -> write(f, contents), joinpath(@__DIR__, "build", filename), "w")
+end
+
+replace_in_doc("index.html",
+    "blob/master/docs/src/index.md" => "")
+replace_in_doc(joinpath("howToContribute", "index.html"),
+    "blob/master/docs/src/howToContribute.md" => "")
+
 
 deploydocs(
     repo = "github.com/$(ENV["TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG"]).git",